Jungle justice: Rule of law in Nigeria under threat if govt fails to take tough action – Experts

The increasing cases of jungle justness successful Nigeria have continued to rise concern, with quality rights advocates and ineligible experts calling for urgent enactment to halt mob unit and support guiltless lives.

Human rights groups person documented astatine slightest 555 cases.

Several victims person been killed by aggravated mobs based connected allegations that were ne'er tried successful court. Cases specified arsenic those of Deborah Yakubu successful Sokoto, Ummul Khairi successful Kaduna, and the 16 Hausa travellers killed successful Uromi, Edo State, person remained achy reminders of the dangers of taking the instrumentality into one’s ain hands.

Stakeholders importune that nary 1 should beryllium punished extracurricular the judicial process, informing that mob justness has led to the deaths of guiltless radical and deepened divisions crossed the country.

Govt indispensable guarantee justness for victims – Sunusi

The Country Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, Isa Sunusi, told DAILY POST that the Nigerian authorities has a ineligible work to analyse each lawsuit of mob unit and prosecute those responsible.

“Under planetary law, the authorities of Nigeria has an obligation to guarantee prompt, thorough, impartial, independent, transparent, and effectual probe of cases of mob unit and bring those suspected to beryllium liable to justice...